Norristown voids parking tickets due to weather

NORRISTOWN — Parking tickets issued following Monday’s snowstorm have been voided, and ticketing of vehicles parked illegally in residential areas has been suspended until power is restored throughout Norristown, municipal officials said Friday.

Municipal council decided to take these measures after Gov. Tom Corbett issued a disaster emergency proclamation Wednesday. Municipal Administrator Crandall Jones said Friday that council thought it was “good customer service” to relieve some of the hardship endured by residents dealing with snow, ice and power outages. The action was retroactive to include parking tickets issued since Monday, he said.

While the amnesty does not apply tickets issued to cars parked in metered spaces, council has requested that the code enforcement department be “judicious” when determining whether a vehicle should be ticketed, or whether a ticket already issued should be enforced, Crandall said. Vehicles parked in iced-over spots or metered spaces with obscured parking space numbers will not receive a ticket, he said.

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Norristown police Chief Mark Talbot said tickets issued in residential parking spots were being voided as a courtesy to residents burdened by the bad weather and power outages. The move is also in consideration of the elderly, the disabled and those who were otherwise unable to move their cars, he said.